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    News
    May 28, 2020

    STATEMENT: COP26 Delayed Until November 2021

    • United Nations
    • COP26
    • United Nations
    • COP26
    Climate
    News
    April 1, 2020

    STATEMENT: COP26 Postponed Due to Global Pandemic

    • climate policy
    • COP26
    • climate policy
    • COP26
    Climate
    News
    November 15, 2019

    ADVISORY: WRI Press Call: What to Expect at COP25 Climate Negotiations in Madrid

    • COP25
    • climate change
    • United Nations
    • COP25
    • climate change
    • United Nations
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    April 24, 2017

    The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 22, 2017

    Congress and Trump Gut Disclosure Rules for Fossil Fuel Foreign Payments

    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    People in Nigerian village
    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    Climate
    Insights
    October 5, 2016

    Paris Agreement Clears Final Hurdle to Begin New Era of Global Climate Action

    • COP22
    • National Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    Eiffel tower
    • COP22
    • National Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    News
    May 3, 2016

    RELEASE: Patricia Espinosa “the Right Person at the Right Time” to Head UNFCCC

    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    Finance
    Insights
    October 15, 2015

    Before Paris, Bonn: What Needs to Happen at Prelude to COP21

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • Paris Agreement
    • UNFCCC
    • COP21
    Photo by Matthias Zepper/Flickr.
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • Paris Agreement
    • UNFCCC
    • COP21
    Finance
    Insights
    September 4, 2015

    Bonn Climate Talks Lay Groundwork for Final Push Toward Paris

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • Paris Agreement
    • COP21
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/37427697@N03/3581334345/">Vattenfall</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • Paris Agreement
    • COP21
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 26, 2015

    An Opportunity Not to Be Missed

    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • COP21
    Photo by Michael Mazengarb/Flickr
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • COP21
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 26, 2015

    Oportunidade Histórica

    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • COP21
    Para atingir a meta de 2ºC será necessária uma radical e urgente descarbonização da economia mundial. Fonte: Michael Mazengarb/Flickr
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • COP21
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 6, 2015

    Clean Power Plan Can Help States, Economy and Planet

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • Business
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • COP21
    NASA image courtesy of the DSCOVR EPIC team
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • Business
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • COP21
    Climate
    Insights
    June 7, 2015

    Looking for a Faster Pace at Bonn Climate Talks

    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Paris Agreement
    • UNFCCC
    • COP21
    UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference, photo by UNFCCC, June 4, 2015
    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Paris Agreement
    • UNFCCC
    • COP21
    Climate
    Insights
    May 19, 2015

    Getting It Right: A New Global Model to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    Photo Credit: U.S. Mission to the United Nations at Rome
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 19, 2014

    Ecuador Shows Why Communities and the Climate Need Strong Forest Rights

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    The impacts of oil extraction in Ecuador show why secure community forest rights are necessary to protect livelihoods and the environment. Photo credit: Tomas Munita, CIFOR
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    January 14, 2014

    New Map Documents Natural Resource Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Freshwater
    A farmer stands amidst a rice farm in Burundi, Africa. Photo Credit: Flickr/IRRI Images
    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Freshwater
    Equity & Governance
    Africa North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2013

    Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources

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